Bert Van Herk HBS-B, HBS-B, MA

Bert van Herk worked for Amnesty International and studied political sciences at the same time. In the next thirty years I worked for various healthcare organizations: head of staff of a clinic for ambulatory mental healthcare, managing director of a regional association of general and specialized hospitals, CEO of an organization of family planning clinics and a clinic for assisted reproduction and CEO of CASA Clinics, an organization of seven family planning clinics

Since 2004 he represented the Dutch family planning association RutgersWPF in International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF), one of the major NGO’s in the area of sexual and reproductive health and rights. In 2007 I was elected at the board of IPPF Europe and in 2010 as a regional treasurer of the board. As such, I am also a member of the Governing Council of IPPF, the worldwide board. Since 2005 I am one of the accreditors of IPPF to review if member associations comply with the standards of membership.

At the end of 2015 he stopped working in management, which gave me more opportunities to serve patients’ interest in healthcare. I was appointed as chair of the Patient Advisory Committee of Spaarne Gasthuis, one of the leading hospitals in The Netherlands. Next to that, LungCancer Europe nominated me as member of the Patient Advisory Committee of the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO).